Research and fell running

[Frodo]

Following on from the questionnaire thread, does anyone know of any scientific type research that has or is being done using fell runners/off road runners as the sample population? Ive found some stuff about orienteers and different types of injury etc, they mostly seem to be written by orienteers who are also sports scientists. I wondered if there was anything similar in the fell running population?

[XRunner]

An Athletics Compendium list just one thesis:

A Physiological and Biochemical Profile of the Fell Runner.
by D.Simpson, Salford University, 1984 MSc thesis.

Two books, not specifically about fell running, contain much research information of use to fell runners are:

1. Endurance and Sport. ISBN 0632030356
Blackwell Scientifc Publications, 1992

2. Marathon Medicine, Dan Tunstall Pedoe, ISBN 1853154601
The Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2000

Best source for scientific articles about running is the on-line reference
from Lore of Running by Tim Nokes. (100 pages of references).

[Alf Tupper]

2nd that Tim Noakes book (new edition , now too) is excellent and if all else fails , a great doorstop.

[XRunner]

Here are a few more research papers with a fell running content.
I would be very interested in obtaining copies of these articles.

Strategy in Fell Running. An Analysis of the Bob Graham Round
M. Hayes, J. M. Norman
The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 45, No. 10 (Oct., 1994), pp. 1123-1130
doi:10.2307/2584475

Running Uphill: An Experimental Result and Its Applications
R. C. Davey, M. Hayes, J. M. Norman
The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan., 1994), pp. 25-29
doi:10.2307/2583947

Effect of stride length on symptoms of exercise-induced muscle damage during a repeated bout of downhill running
R. G. Eston, A. B. Lemmey, P. McHugh, C. Byrne, S. E. Walsh
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine Science in Sports
Vol. 10 Issue 4 Page 199 August 2000

Serum creatine kinase and isoenzyme responses of veteran class fell runners
Journal European Journal of Applied Physiology
Publisher Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
ISSN 1439_6319 (Print) 1439_6327 (Online)
Subject Medicine and Biomedical and Life Sciences
Issue Volume 48, Number 3 / April, 1982
DOI 10.1007/BF00430224
Pages 345-354

Heart rate response to "off_road" running events in female athletes
U Creagh, T Reilly and AM Nevill
Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom.

Energy cost of walking and running at extreme uphill and downhill slopes
Alberto E. Minetti, Christian Moia, Giulio S. Roi, Davide Susta1, and Guido Ferretti1
Journal of Applied Physiology
Vol. 93, Issue 3, 1039_1046, September 2002

[XRunner]

Another source listing research papers is to use Google Scholar
and search for "Endurance Running". Over 42,000 links listed!

e.g.

Physiological changes and gastro-intestinal symptoms as a result of ultra-endurance running
JournalEuropean Journal of Applied PhysiologyPublisherSpringer Berlin / HeidelbergISSN1439-6319 (Print) 1439-6327 (Online)SubjectMedicine and Biomedical and Life SciencesIssueVolume 64, Number 1 / January, 1992DOI10.1007/BF00376431Pages1-8

[XRunner]

Another theses about fell running:

An investigation into the physiological needs, characteristics and training methods of fell running with particular reference to a champion fell runner and his daughter / by N.J. Mathews. Leeds 1981

Can anybody in Leeds obtain a photocopy?

[Roadrunner]

Why not just ask the author? Surely it must be Norman Matthews of Horwich?

[Lemming]

[QUOTE=XRunner;27421]Here are a few more research papers with a fell running content.
I would be very interested in obtaining copies of these articles.

Strategy in Fell Running. An Analysis of the Bob Graham Round
M. Hayes, J. M. Norman
The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 45, No. 10 (Oct., 1994), pp. 1123-1130
doi:10.2307/2584475

Running Uphill: An Experimental Result and Its Applications
R. C. Davey, M. Hayes, J. M. Norman
The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Jan., 1994), pp. 25-29
doi:10.2307/2583947


Fantastic - I can now openly read a running article at work & get away with it (having just rejoined the Operational Research dept at work!!). I may even finish reading one of the articles, which I think would be a first! All I need to do it locate a copy of the JORS, my last copy was a few years before that (and probably went in the bin).

PS - if there are any other OR types out there looking for a job in West Cumbria then PM me, we do have vacancies.